Weight Lifting Research Paper

Weight lifting is a subject with which I am extremely familiar. The reason why I know so much about this topic is because it plays a really big role in my everyday life. I think about weight lifting from the time I wake up in the morning until the time I go to bed in the evening. I started lifting weights because I was almost diagnosed with diabetes. That diagnosis put a real scare into me. As a result of me weighing so much at such a young age, I had to do something to significantly change my direction in life. Lifting weights became more than just picking up heavy dumbbells and putting them down; it became a sport to me. Over the years, taking it as seriously as I was school, I decided I wanted to start competing.
Around 13 years of age and about to be 14 was the day I realized I had to do something different about my health. I was weighing in around 225 pounds, and the only exercise I got was walking to the pantry to get more food. I thought a good meal meant nachos and cheese on a paper plate. Junk food of all kinds was the only food I could tolerate. I didn’t realize how serious my weight was getting, until I went to the doctor’s office one day and found I was walking on a thread with my life. The doctor looked at me …show more content…
I decided to take my success to a whole new level. For me, that was competing in men’s physique. Having signed up for the 2018 New Orleans competition; I realized I just made a commitment. Lifting weights became a serious sport for me. This competition was a huge goal that I desired, and nothing would stand in my way from being the best I could be. Competing in men’s physique to other people is just a competition, but to me it’s a lot more. Competition was more than that to me. I saw it as an art that had to be critiqued each every day. Signing up and being accepted to compete, I felt as If I had already won a competition, and that was the one with my